I just got back from the doctor with Alex, where he had a flu shot (barely flinched at the needle but lost it when the doc looked up his nose!). The shot was also offered to parents of patients, but I declined. I haven't had a flu shot in a few years and I just didn't feel like it/think I needed it. You might assume that given I am on cancer meds, I'd want to protect myself even more from the icky flu virus but in actuality, my immune system is no less suppressed than any other normal healthy person. In fact, I like to believe that Gleevec keeps sickness away (I often imagine a glowing orange shield around me warding off germs). And, of course, there's the real truth: read more